Gunmen first threw a grenade, and when that didn’t explode they sprayed bullets at Bashir Ahmed, himself a former militant, outside his home as he was carrying his son, said a police officer, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. Bhat succumbed to his injuries on the way to the nearby hospital. While the father died while he was being shifted to hospital last night, the boy passed away on Saturday morning.
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A grenade fell down from the possession of the assailants while escaping. CM mourns death Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed deeply mourned the killing of Burhan on Friday evening.
“The bullet-riddled body of Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, resident of Vailoo (Pattan), was recovered on Saturday in Devbugh village near Tangmarg town”, a police official told IANS here. Several parts of north Kashmir witnessed a shutdown with shopkeepers closing down shops.
“The deceased was a former militant“, he added. Police suspect hand of local militants into the killing.
Earlier, police said the killings were a result of internal rivalry within the Hizbul Mujahideen factions.
On Monday, dead bodies of three Hizb militants were found in an orchard in Pattan.
The killing of father-son duo evoked strong condemnations from separatist groups and pro-Indian political parties.
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In April and May this year six persons were killed in a series of attacks in Sopore town, the responsibility of which was claimed by a lesser known militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islami.
